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Re: Connect Four game issues
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:44:45 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> I would be willing to build a timer robot out of a control lab and a
> laptop for this game. It would plug in between the two robots and
> detect the passing of turn and keep track of the time each robot is
> spending on their move.
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> If we design our interface between the to robots correctly the use of
> the timer could be optional, we could just drop in a pass through block
> when the timer is not needed. It could very easily be a passive device.
It should be possible to do this with just an RCX. Each robot has 1 input & 1
output. The referee RCX just watches for when one is done, and it signals the
other to start, at the same time, keeping time for each.
And without the ref, the robots could be connected directly, and without a
second robot, a touch sensor could be used to play against a robot.
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| (...) I choose the control lab as the ref because it's not a legal part to use in the contest, which means no-one looses the use of an RCX in for this game. (Well it's legal, but the computer at the other end isn't) You also have an nice large (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | RE: Connect Four game issues
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| (...) Steve, I wish you would stop this nonsense. Can't you understand that these RTLers bought a bunch of old Control Lab stuff (without asking if I wanted one :-) and now they are struggling to find ways to use up more of their spare time writing (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Connect Four game issues
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| (...) This is my problem with this game as discussed so far. There is a minimum mechanical requirement to participate, but no advantage to going beyond this. If your robot can drop the chips into the slots, and read the board you're set. It's all (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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